Drea Cofield is a Brooklyn-based painter whose current practice spans portraiture, and plein air landscapes She is best known for her ongoing Selfie Project, which merges art-historical portraiture with contemporary questions of self-imaging and looking in a digital world. Cofield has exhibited widely, with solo presentations at Kravets Wehby Gallery, Future Fair (NYC), Galleri Urbane (Dallas), … Read more
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Olivia Li (she/her) is a working artist/cartoonist. and writer with an MFA in Visual Narrative from the School of Visual Arts in New York and a BFA in Visual and Critical Studies. Olivia is Co-Director and Staff Coordinator of Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo (MICE). Olivia’s freelance work includes motion graphics, video production, graphic design, Illustration, … Read more
Alicia Mason-Guild is currently Art Director at WS Development in Chestnut Hill, MA. She was formerly Graphic Design at goodgood Design and Social Media Director at Lindsay Hill Design. Alicia received a BFA in Printmaking and Certificate in Communication Design from MassArt. She also studied UX/UI Design at California Institute of Art.
Stephen Thrasher is a furniture maker in Somerville, MA. He completed MassArt’s Furniture Design Certificate in 2022. His path through the craft started with traditional methods and moved toward digital design and CNC fabrication, exploring the parametric design of sculptural furniture and design for small-scale production. This comes full circle from his 20-year engineering career … Read more
Francis Bordeleau is an illustrator and cartoonist who holds a BFA in Illustration from Lesley University and an MFA in Visual Narrative from Boston University. As an illustrator, his work includes comics, storyboards, prints, posters, banners, character design, graphic design, and art direction. He has worked on comics published or distributed by organizations including the … Read more
Werner Brito: “With more than ten years in architecture, I’ve learned to move fluidly between the structural logic of base building design and the nuanced craft of interiors. I love the challenge of shaping space from the ground up, then refining it with details that influence how people work, gather, and move through their day. … Read more
Lauren Marie Dake is an experimental filmmaker and educator from Seattle. Her practice centers on notions of escape, chaos, the uncanny, and the ethereal. She is fascinated with the world-building potential of handmade and cameraless cinema and experiments with direct animation onto 16mm films, where she engages in an ongoing attempt to create new realities … Read more
Douglas Goodwin is Special Faculty in Experimental Animation and Critical Studies at CalArts, where he has pioneered innovative interdisciplinary courses for over 14 years. With an MFA from CalArts and a decade of industry experience as Lead Developer at LA Metro, he bridges art, technology, and critical inquiry through hands-on exploration. His courses range from … Read more
Jennifer Choi is a designer and maker whose practice spans spatial graphics, objects, and furniture design. She is driven by movement, color, and interaction, and integrates abstract functional forms in domestic and public spaces. She draws inspiration from the visual language and logic of playgrounds, Jebuilding blocks, and modular furniture. Jennifer has over a decade … Read more